AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 



REPORT ON THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF MASSACHUSETTS, 



ANDREW McFARLAND DAVIS. 



(From First Report of Public Archives Commission in the Annual Report of the 
Amencan Historical Association for 1900, Vol. II, pages 47^90 



WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
1901. 



AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 



REPORT ON THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



BY 



ANDREW McFARLAND DAVIS. 



(From First Report of Public Archives Commission in the Annual Report of the 
American Historical Association for 1900, Ypl. II, pages 47-59.) 



WASHINGTON: 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 
1901. 






APR 10 1905 
0. of D, 



REPORT ON THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 1 



The vast amount of material in the Massachusetts archives 
and the great number of the publications of the govern- 
ment in the days of the colony, the province, and the State 
forbid any attempt in a preliminary report to do more with 
reference to the archives than to indicate in a general way 
the nature of their contents and to name the publications in 
which they have been most thoroughly described. As to 
the published laws, reports, addresses, etc., a monograph 
which should adequately describe them might be swelled 
until it covered volumes in extent. For the present pur- 
pose, however, it will suffice to point out where the most 
complete published list of these publications can be found, 
and describe the present custom of the State in regard to 
the custody of its papers and the publication of its annual 
reports and proceedings. 

The constitution of the State provides that the records of 
the Commonwealth shall be kept in the office of the secre- 
tary; hence what is now known as the archives division is 
in the department of that officer. The papers which to-day 
of necessity find their way into the custody of the secretary 
are, first, those which originate in his office, of which there 
are several branches; second, the acts and resolves, which 
are engrossed upon parchment in the secretary's office and 
bound in volumes; and, third, the legislative papers, such as 
petitions, proceedings before committees, and, in a general 
way, all records and papers which mark the progress of 
legislative action. These latter remain in the custody of 
the clerks of the senate and house until the completion 

1 For references to other accounts of the archives of Massachusetts see the "List of 
printed indices to and descriptions of archives and other repositories of historical man. 
uscript" in the First Report of the Historical Manuscripts Commission (Report of the 
American Historical Association, 1896, Vol. I, pp. 488, 489, 496-501). 

47 



■48 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 

of the session of the legislature next succeeding that at 
which they derived their origin. The secretary being him- 
self ex officio the clerk of the council, the papers of the 
council in executive session are presumably in his custody 
all the time and are deposited in the archives as soon as they 
cease to have current importance. 

It will be seen that, so far as the papers of the Common- 
wealth are concerned which are not covered by the clause 
of the constitution which makes the secretary the custodian 
of the records, no obligation rests with the heads of the 
several departments to surrender them to the archives when 
they cease to be of current importance in the office where 
they originated. There seems to be no rule b}^ which it can 
be determined whether such papers are of more than mere 
historical interest, and by custom the several departments 
retain possession of their own papers as long as the}^ choose 
to do so. 

Although it will be seen that the papers in custody- of the 
secretary cover, in their chronological sequence, a period 
extending from the beginning of the colon} T down to the 
present time, still the great mass of papers generally cited 
as the "Massachusetts Archives" are mainly of ante-Revo- 
lutionary date. The}^ were arranged by Joseph B. Felt, 
between 1836 and 184:6, and were by him classified under 76 
different topical headings and bound in 242 volumes. The 
Hutchinson papers, subsequently acquired, added two more 
volumes to the set and one more heading to the classification. 
The attempt at classifying these papers under topical head- 
ings lias been the source of much criticism on the part of his- 
torical students, but it is generally conceded that the numer- 
ous citations of the volumes as they now stand is a serious 
obstacle to any proposition for rearranging the papers in 
chronological order. The nearest approach to a remedy 
would apparently be n calendar or complete chronological 

index of the volumes. There is already in existence an 
index which is of assistance to students, but it could be 
great l\ improved upon. 

Besides the papers arranged by Mi". Felt, there are many 
other- in the archives. Some of these have been subse- 
quently acquired, and some have been assorted, arranged, 



REPORT OF PUBLIC ARCHIVES COMMISSION. 49 

and bound in volumes by the present keeper of the archives. 
Much work has also been done in the way of opening up the 
contents of certain classes of these papers through suitable 
indexes, but it would be impossible in this report to go into 
particulars upon this subject, the work of describing these 
papers in detail having already been well done in a report 
which will be described later. 

The archives room contains not only the papers above 
referred to, but also the manuscript records of the colonial 
and provincial period. The records of the general court in 
the days of the colony have been published. There is one 
volume of what are termed "council records," covering 
the period 1650-1656, which has not been published. The 
original records of the council under the presidency of Dud- 
ley and his successor, Andros, were not preserved, but 
transcripts of the copies of the records which were for- 
warded to London have been procured from the London State 
Paper Office. These records have not been published by 
the State, but those covering the period of Dudley's presi- 
dency were copied by Mr. Robert Mxon Toppan and by him 
communicated to the Massachusetts Historical Society, thus 
securing their publication in the proceedings of that society 
(Vol. XIII, pp. 226, 286) . The American Antiquarian Society 
possesses the original minutes, in manuscript, made by 
Edward Randolph, of the council meetings, December 20, 
1686, to April 25, 1687, inclusive. These were copied by 
Mr. Toppan and communicated to that society. Copies were 
also communicated at the same time of such of the council 
records during the remainder of Andros's administration as 
are to be found in the archives. This collection was further 
enriched by the addition of the records of meetings of the 
council published in the records of the colony of Connecti- 
cut, and by notes showing the differences which exist 
between Randolph's original minutes and the transcripts in 
the archives. In this form the records during the presi- 
dency of Andros were published in the proceedings of the 
American Antiquarian Society, Volume XIII, new series, 
pages 239-268, 463, 499, thus covering, from different sources, 
the entire period. 

Subsequent to the last of the Andros records, there are to 

H. Doc. 548, pt 2 -4 



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bhe archives room the records of the 
council in executive session during the provincial period, 
classified as the "council records," and the legislative records 
of that body during the same time, known generally, through 
Felt\s ascription, as the "court records." These have never 
been published as records. The contemporary publication 
of the laws of the province of course reveals the most 
important part of their contents. 

Beginning in 1715, the house journal was thereafter regu- 
larly published in the d^js of the province b} T the represent- 
atives. The earlier copies are rare, and there is no single 
set of the published journals which is complete, but it is 
probable that from all the known copies a complete set could 
be collated. 

Manuscript copies of the records of Plymouth Colony are 
in the archives. So far as the records themselves are con- 
cerned, they have been published. The originals are at 
Plymouth. 

The only publication of the State of Massachusetts which 
has undertaken to deal with the hitherto-unpublished por- 
tions of the provincial records is the set known as the " Acts 
and Resolves of the Province of Massachusetts Ba}^," now in 
press. Until 1896 this publication was edited by Abner C. 
Goodell, perhaps the most competent man in the Common- 
wealth for the purpose, and it was his effort to print not 
only everything of a legislative character in these records, 
but also all resolves, whatever their nature. He divided the 
subject into public laws, private laws, and resolves. The 
public laws were published in five volumes, with copious 
annotations, mainly from the archives and the London record 
office. The sixth volume was set aside for the private laws, 
and was not published in chronological sequence. The pub- 
lication of the resolves began in volume 7, and was carried 
down to the year 1 7»>7 in volume 8, these two volumes being 
annotated in (he same way as the public laws had been. 
While work was going on in L896 simultaneously on volume 
6 and volume 9, it was discovered that the method of anno- 
tation was not authorized by the law under which these acts 
and resolves were being published, and Mr. Goodell was 



REPORT OF PUBLIC ARCHIVES COMMISSION. 51 

instructed to print volume 6 at once with marginal references 
instead of with notes in full. Alter this was done the work 
of publication was suspended. In the spring of 1900 work 
was resumed under th^ editorship of Melville M. Bigelow, 
the system prescribed for volume 6 being that laid down 
for future guidance in publishing the resolves. 

In 1881 a commission was appointed to report in print 
what steps, if any, should be taken to render the contents 
of the records, files, papers, and documents in the state 
department more accessible for examination and inspection, 
how reference to the same might be best facilitated, and 
what would be the proper mode of indexing them. The then 
secretary of state was ex officio placed at the head of this 
commission, but the working force was a remarkably strong- 
body of representative men interested in historical work. 
Conspicuous among them was Justin Winsor, whose work 
upon the Memorial History of Boston and the Narrative 
and Critical History of America, the latter being then in proc- 
ess of publication, had made him familiar with the defects 
of the archives. The report submitted by this committee 
was probably shaped by him. It gives a concise but clear 
description of the contents of the archives and of their con- 
dition, points out the defects in the original system of classi- 
fication, and makes certain suggestions as to the enlargement 
and improvement of the system of indexing. It would be 
difficult to overestimate the value of this document to the 
student who desires to ascertain the contents of the archives. 

The following account of changes in the arrangement and 
condition of the archives since 1885, and particularly since 
1891, is furnished by Mr. James J. Tracy, chief of the 
archives division: 

"No practical result followed upon the recommendations 
made in the report for several years beyond securing an 
annual appropriation for the care and preservation of the 
archives; but upon the advent into office of the present sec- 
retary of the Commonwealth, Hon. William M. Olin, in 1891, 
measures were at once taken to improve the condition of 
affairs with reference to the records and follow out some of 
the suggestions made by the commissioners. There is no 



52 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 

question that more has been accomplished in this direction 
during- his incumbency than during that of any previous 
secretary. 

"The department containing the records and the clerks 
engaged upon that special work have been separated from 
the clerical force carrying on the routine work of 43he sec- 
retary's office and established as a separate division, known 
as the 'archives division.' and no small part of the credit 
of what has been accomplished is due to this recognition of 
the value and importance of the records themselves and of 
the work in connection with them. 

"Fifteen }^ears ago one old man represented practically 
all the working force engaged upon the records and also 
embodied all the office knowledge concerning them. To-day 
there are a dozen clerks employed in the archives division 
alone, and these are under a responsible head who in turn is 
answerable to and under the direction of the secretary of 
the Commonwealth. 

' 4 The above facts are stated merely to show the changed 
attitude of officials toward the records, which in turn is but 
a reflection of the change that has taken place in public 
opinion concerning them. 

"The work carried on has been of the most varied char- 
acter, comprising classification, arranging, copying, and 
indexing the records, proof reading, publishing, repairing 
and binding, making searches, supplying certified copies to 
inquirers, etc. 

"A fair idea of what has been done may be gathered from 
the following statement of the changes in arrangement of 
documents since the publication of the commissioners' 
report, and of the work directly carried out for the benefit 
of the public consulting the records: 

"The collection of manuscript documents known as (lie 
•Kelt collection, 5 and usually referred to for purposes of 
reference as 'Massachusetts Archives,' remains unchanged, 
hut there have been added to it 77 volumes of similar size 
.•Hid uniform binding, which practically constitute so much 
of :in extension of the Fell collection. These volumes are 
made up of the contents of the various loose liles and bundles 
of paper- mentioned in the report of the commissioners, 
pages 23, 36, and 



REPORT OF PUBLIC ARCHIVES COMMISSION. 53 

"The Revolutionary rolls collection has been augmented 
by the addition of 16 volumes, made up of rolls, company 
order books, etc. , and of some rolls acquired by purchase, 
so that the Revolutionary collection now numbers in all 97 
bound volumes. 

" A record index containing the abstracted references to 
every individual in this collection, numbering about 700,000 
record cards, has been compiled, and this record index is 
preserved here for the benefit of the persons desiring to find 
proof of military service of ancestors, the office being con- 
tinually burdened with these inquiries. In addition, this 
same record index serves as the basis for the official publi- 
cation entitled 'Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the 
War of the Revolution,' the entire work of proof reading, 
editing, etc., being carried on in the office. Seven volumes 
of this publication, averaging 1,000 pages to each volume, 
have already been issued, and the eighth volume is now 
nearly through ■ the press. These eight volumes will com- 
prise all names, with accompanying records, between A and 
J, inclusive, that appear in the State's collection of Revolu- 
tionary rolls. 

U A similar record index has been compiled for the 
muster-rolls series, covering the various military records 
between 1710-1774, numbering about 150,000 record cards. 

u It is possible, therefore, to obtain the military record of 
any individual without difficulty, and without consulting 
the original volumes, from 1710 to the close of the war of 
the Revolution. 

6 ' Later on the legislature may authorize the publication 
of the earlier military records in style similar to the Revo- 
lutionary war publication. 

' ' It is the intention also to index in similar fashion such 
military records as are scattered through the archives col- 
lection, of whatever sort or nature, between 1628 and 1710; 
but as these earlier records are meager in quantity and 
amount, and must be sought for through a number of scat- 
tered volumes, that work will be taken up from time to 
time, as the freedom of the clerks from other employment 
may enable it to be done. 

"Various maps and plans, comprising the State survey in 
1794, the State survey in 1830, and all miscellaneous plans 



51 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 

heretofore resting in tiles or upon rollers and in separated 
groups, have been brought together, making a collection of 
101 volumes, suitably mounted and bound, which collection 
has been duly catalogued and indexed, so that it is possible 
to find any given town plan or plan of an early grant 
without difficulty. 

"The live volumes of ancient plans and grants referred to 
on page 16 of the commissioners' report have been broken 
up, the plans going into the maps and plan collection, 
while the descriptive text that formerly accompanied them 
has been bound into one volume. 

"The returns of vital statistics, which were formerly in a 
separate department, have now been consolidated with the 
archives division, and a card reference index, covering the 
entire collection of records, but in five-year periods, has been 
made, the reference indexes being kept up annually as the 
returns are deposited in this office. 

"A certain amount of work has been done each } T ear in 
the direction of mounting, binding, and preserving the doc- 
uments, as the need manifests itself, the whole muster rolls 
collection, 1710-1771. and the Revolutionary rolls collection, 
having been treated in the most approved fashion, so that 
they may be said to be now in fine condition. 

"The foregoing comprise most of the changes in arrange- 
ment that have taken place since the publication of the com- 
missioners' report, but the account does not give any idea of 
the greatly improved condition of the records and documents 
as regards their disposition in files and cases — a work which 
it was possible to accomplish when the archives division was 
given improved quarters in the new statehouse addition. 

"The files now for any given group or series of records 
are kept in juxtaposition with the hook records or volumes 
containing references to files. The other groupings and 
-ciio of records and documents, that is, council records, 
council files, hill-, resolves, house papers and senate papers 
have the same general arrangement and increase from year 
to year with the growth of the executive and legislative 
business. 

**In conclusion. I would state th:it the condition of the 

archives collection, and the attention paid to it, as well as 



REPORT OF PUBLIC ARCHIVES COMMISSION. 55 

the methods employed in its conduct, are entirely creditable 
to the Commonwealth, with the single exception, in nry own 
opinion, that insufficient room for the extension and expan- 
sion of the division and the safe keeping of the records was 
allowed in the original assignment of quarters. The end of 
the filing and storing capacity is already in sight, so that it 
will be a serious matter in a few } T ears to find room to take 
care of the annual records deposited here, as well as the old 
records. 

" The space required for the work of the force renders 
the accommodation that is available for visitors to the divi- 
sion desiring to consult the records altogether less than it 
should be, or than I desire, as 1 should prefer to have the 
clerical force and visitors entirety separate. 

"These latter defects, however, can neither be helped nor 
avoided now, but it is to be hoped that later on additional 
accommodations or better quarters, designed in the first 
instance for a department of records, may be secured either 
in a new department building or in some other part of the 
present State House.'' 

The best finding list of the publications of Massachusetts, 
whether colonial, provincial, or State, is that contained in 
Mr. R. R. Bowker's " State Publications," Part I (New York, 
1899). The Massachusetts list was compiled, under the 
direction of Mr. C. B. Tillinghast, State librarian, by Miss 
E. M. Sawyer, one of his assistants. Mr. Tillinghast has 
taken especial pains to make the collection of books under 
his care as complete as possible, particular^ in the direction 
of publications of the colon} r , the province, and the State, 
and this finding list represents what has been gathered in 
the State library after years of labor. 

Massachusetts has a commissioner of public records, 
whose efforts are put forth to secure the permanence of 
public records through the use of suitable paper and ink 
and by compelling their deposit in places where they will 
be protected from fire. There is an abundance of legislation 
on the statute books tending in this direction, but, if we may 
judge from the reports of the commissioner, the subject has, 
until recently, attracted but little attention, and many valu- 
able records have been scattered about in unsafe places and 



56 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 

in a shiftless and desultory manner. The persistent work 
of the commissioner tends, however, to awaken a sense of 
responsibility upon the part of the custodians of these 
records, and there can be no doubt not only that the con- 
dition of things has improved, but that there is reason to 
hope for further improvement in the future. 

In January. 1S9T. Mr. John Noble, clerk of the supreme 
court for the county of Suffolk, in a communication to 
the Colonial Society of Massachusetts, described what he 
there terms " the early court files of Suffolk County.* 1 The 
paper is printed in volume 3 of the publications of the 
society, pages 317 et seq. The entire collection referred to 
by Mr. Xoble contains not far from half a million papers, and, 
when bound, will fill from 1,100 to 1,200 folio volumes. 
Chance divided this collection into two parts, one of which, 
until recently in the custody of the superior court, has had 
a precarious career, having been stored in various places and 
subject to many vicissitudes, while the other has remained 
continuously in the charge of the clerk of the supreme 
court, and has retained practically its original file arrange- 
ment. The period covered by the collection runs from 1629 
to 1800. As showing the historical value of the papers. Mr. 
Noble calls attention to the fact that "through the colonial 
period the assistants appeal 1 to have exercised all the three 
functions of government — judicial, legislative, and execu- 
tive — to a greater or less degree. At the outset and in the 
early years all these powers seem to have been vested in the 
magistrates sitting as a court of assistants, and it was only 
gradually that the separation of the government into differ- 
ent branches took place." A working index of these papers, 
"giving the titles of the eases and the principal matter in 
each case or number, contained in some thirty volumes, has 
been made, and a more thorough and exhaustive analytical 
calendar. Supplemented by a classified index of cwvy name. 

place, and subject, is n«>w iii progress." 

The fact that this great mass of legal papers contains so 
much matter thai is of historical importance and the fortu- 
nate circumstance that -<> huge a proportion of the legal 
proceedings of the colony and province are to he found in 
this one collection will not relieve the student from the 
necessity of considering the contents of the county and pro- 



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57 



bate files. Many of these are rich in material of historical 
interest, which, in States where the resources of this class 
are more limited, would very likely be gathered into the 
archives department of the State. So, too, the records of 
the churches, especially during the days when they were 
maintained by public taxation, are public records, and their 
custody might well be the same as that of other public 
documents. Much effort has been put forth b} r the commis- 
sioner of public records in searching for the whereabouts of 
records of this class and in endeavoring to secure their 
proper treatment. A card index of names and services in 
the Revolutionary war has been prepared and is in process of 
publication. A similar card index has also been prepared 
of names and services in the French and Indian wars. An 
index has also been prepared to the vital statistics. 

The secretary of state issues annually a list of the public 
documents which he is by law required to have printed. A 
copy of the list for 1901, containing, besides the titles of the 
documents, the figures showing the number of copies in the 
regular edition of each and the date when each is due, is 
appended to this report. 

List of public documents, etc., for 1901, required to be printed by the secretary 

of state. 1 



6- 


Title. 


Regular 
edition. 


When due. 


1 

2 
3 

4 

5 
6 


Registration of Births, Marriages, and 
Deaths. 

Board of Education, Report of Secretary. 

Librarian of State Library, Report 

Board of Agriculture, Report of Secre- 
tary. 2 

Treasurer ana Receiver-General, Report. 


2,000 

5,000 

1,500 

15, 000 

1,900 
1,500 
2,000 

2,500 
2,000 

2,500 

4,000 


As soon as compiled. 

Third Wednesday in January. 

15th day of October. 

Fourth Wednesday in January. 

First Wednesday in January. 


7 


Adjutant-General, Report 


First Wednesdav in Januarv. 


8 


Savings Bank Commissioners, Report: 3 
Part I : . . 


Do. 




Part II 


Do. 


9 


Insurance Commissioner, Report: 4 

Fire and Marine 






Lifes 


Do. 



1 Printed in accordance with Laws of 1890, chaps. 223 and 347; Laws of 1894, chap. 393; 
Laws of 1895, chaps. 54, 96, 463, and 488; Laws of 1896, chaps. 86, 189, 221, and 223; Laws of 
1897, chap. 141 and res. 95; Laws of 1898, chaps. 175, 320, 433, and res. 24; Laws of 1899, 
chaps. 309 and 336; Laws of 1900, chaps. 225 and 386. 

2 To include No. 33. 

3 May make supplementary report of unclaimed deposits. (1887, 319, § 2.) 

4 1,500 copies of that part which relates to "fraternal beneficiary corporations," and 
500 copies of the part entitled "texts and tables," to be printed separately and bound 
in pamphlet form. (1900, 386.) 

5 600 for use of the commissioner. 



58 AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. 

List of public document*, etc., for 1901, required to be printed by the secretary 
of state x — Continued. 



>. 


Title. 


Regular 
edition. 


When due. 


10 


Corporations, Abstract of Returns 


2,500 


First Wednesday in January. 


11 


Harbor and Land Commissioners, Report 


2,000 


10th day of January. 


12 


Attorney-General, Report 


2,500 


As soon as made up. 


13 


Commissioners of Prisons, Report 


2,000 


First week in January. 




The part referring to the reforma- 


500 


Do. 




tory prison for women. 1 








The part referring to the State 


500 


Do. 




prison. 2 








The part referring to the agent for 


250 


Do. 




discharged convicts. 8 








The part referring to the Massa- 


500 


Do. 




chusetts reformatory. 1 






11 


Railroad Commissioners, Report: 








With returns 


2,000 
2,250 
6,000 


First Wednesday in January. 




Without returns 


Do. 


15 


Bureau of Statistics of Labor. Report 


1st day of March. 




In parts 


1,000 


Do. 


16 


Tax Commissioner. Report 


2,000 


Annually at close of year. 


17 


State Board of Charity. Report 4 


2,000 
2,000 


31st day of December. 


18 


State Lyman and Industrial Schools, 


15th day of October. 




Report of Trustees. 






19 


Polls. Property, and Taxes, Aggregatesof 


1,500 


First Wednesday in January. 


20 


Danvers Lunatic Hospital, Report of 
Trustees. 


2,000 


15th day of October. 


■21 


Northampton Lunatic Hospital, Report 
of Trustees. 


2, 000 


Do. 


22 


Taunton Lunatic Hospital, Report of 


2,000 ! 




Trustees. 






23 


Worcester Lunatic Hospital, Report of 
Trustees. 6 


2, 000 


Do. 


24 


State Farm at Bridgewater, Report of 
Trustee--. 


2,500 


Do. 


25 


Commissioners on Inland Fisheries and 
Game, Report. 


2,000 


Do. 




State Hospital, Report Of Trustees 


2,500 


Do. 


27 


Perkins Institute and Massachusetts 
School for the Blind. Report of Trus- 
t. es. 

Massachusetts school for the Feeble- 


1 , 250 


Do. 


.> 


1,500 


Do. 




minded, Report of True 






Col it roller of County Accounts, Report* 1 . 


1,500 


1st day of February. 


30 


Westborough [nsane Hospital. Report 
of Tnu 


2, 000 


15th day of October. 


31 


Massachusetts Agricultural College, 

Report of Trust 
Chief of the District Police, Report 


5,000 


Fourth Wednesday in January. 




2, 500 


1st day of January. 


:;:; 


Hatch Experiment station of the Massa- 
chusetts Agricultural College, Re- 
port. " 

State Board of Health. Report 


25, 000 


In January. 




5,000 


Slsl day of December. 




nd Electric Light Commissioners, 
Report and Abstract of Returns. 


3,500 


First Wednesday in January. 




Statistics Of Manilla. 'tu re-- 


6,000 




In part- 


1,000 


Do. 



i the superintendent. 

I For the warden. 

the agent. 
1600 copies of so in iic 1 1 as relates to almshouses, etc., t<> be printed for the use of the 
- 820.) 
include- Worcester [nsane asylum; WO of each Institution, vi/.., Worcester Lunatic 
Hospital and the Worcester [nsane Asylum, hound separate with distinct title, for use 
i he remainder have a general title. 
of the controller. 
in- college, 
ind with No. i and 8,000 for u-e of the tru 



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59 



List of public documents, etc., for 1901, required to be printed by the secretary 
of state 1 — Continued. 



Title. 



Regular 
edition. 



When due. 



Report of Cases of Contested Elections. 

Board of Registration in Dentistry, Re- 
port. 

Board of Registration in Pharmacy, 
Report. 

Board of Arbitration and Conciliation, 
Report. 

General Superintendent of Prisons, Re- 
port. 

Commissioners of the Nautical Training 
School, Report. 

Assessed Polls, Registered Voters, etc., 
Return of. 

Board of Free Public Library Commis- 
sioners, Report. 

Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Com- 
missioners, Report. 

Secretary of the Commonwealth, Report 

Massachusetts Hospital for Dipsoma- 
niacs and Inebriates, Report of Trus- 
tees. 

Metropolitan Park Commission, Report. . 

Board of Police, City of Boston, Report. 

Commissioners on Topographical Sur- 
vey and Map, Report. 

Board of Cattle Commissioners, Report. 

Commissioner of Public Records, Re- 
port. 

Civil Service Commission, Report 

Highway Commission, Report 

Inspector of Gas and Gas Meters, Report. 

Board of Registration in Medicine, Re- 
port. 

Metropolitan Water Board, Report 

Board of Police, City of Fall River, Re- 
port. 

Medfleld Insane Asylum, Report of Trus- 
tees. 

State Dairy Bureau, Report 

Massachusetts State Sanatorium, Report 
of Trustees. 

Massachusetts Hospital for Epileptics, 
Report of Trustees. 

State Board of Insanity, Report 

Commissioners of the Firemen's Relief 
Fund, Report. 

Manual for the general court 

Blue Book 

Pamphlet edition of laws and resolves.. 

Journals of the senate and house of rep- 
resentatives. 

List of members and committees of the 
two branches. 

Book containing rules of the two 
branches, notes of rulings of presiding 
officers, list of members and commit- 
tees, for pocket use. 

Governor's address 



i 1,500 
2,500 
1,500 

2 2,000 

1,500 

1,500 

2,500 

2,000 

3, 000 

1,500 
2, 000 



1,500 
1,500 

3 1,500 
2,000 

10, 000 
4,000 
1,500 

4 3, 500 

4,500 
1,500 

1,500 

1,500 
1,500 

1, 500 

2,000 
1,500 

10, 000 

12, 000 

25,000 

1,000 

1,200 

5 700 



' 2, 000 



At close of session of legish 

ture. 
31st day of December. 

1st day of January. 

1st day of February. 

Annually in December. 

In January. 

1st day of February. 

Annually in January. 

Time not fixed. 

Annually in January. 
15th dayof October. 



Second Wednesday in Decem- 
ber. 
Annually in December. 
15th day of October. 

10th day of January. 
Annually in January. 

10th day of January. 
First Wednesday in January. 
Annually in January. 
1st day of January. 

First Wednesday in January. 
Annually in December. 

15th day of October. 

15th day of January. 
After annual meeting. 

Do. 

31st day of December. 
Time not fixed. 



1 500 for use of legislature. 
- 700 for use of the board. 

3 400 for the use of the board. 

4 2,500 for the use of the board. 

5 350 in memorandum book form. 

6 900 for use of legislature, and 500 for personal use of the governor. 



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